HILL FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY!!! NEW UPDATED!! PLEASE READ!

NEW & UPDATED!!! PLEASE READ NEW TIMES!!!
The Christmas Party is set for February 9th!!!! We are having the party here at Brock & Vicki's, so how about we eat at 1:00 and open presents about 3:00, so that anyone that wants to go with us, can go to the Church's World Wide Training at 6:00. Let's eat a potato bar, salad, and desserts. If everyone could bring a topping for the potatos and a dessert, we will have great food and lots of fun. Please let me know what you can bring and I will update this. If anyone wants to stay overnight, they are welcome! We will have 6 empty rooms and can put kids in the 2 family rooms. We love to have company stay!! E-mail me back or comment on this blog. We sure do love you guys and can't wait to see everyone!

Mom & Dad: Onion, Brown Gravy & A Great Dessert
Holly & Steve: Chilli & Rolls
Shannon & Brett: Grated Cheese & A Great Dessert
Vicki & Brock: Potatos & Peanut Butter Fingers
Monica & Tyler: Diced Ham & Whoopie in a Pumpkin Dessert
Heidi & Sandor: Nacho Cheese & A Great Dessert
Bree & Dillon: Green Salad & A Great Dessert
Jackie & Braun: Sour Cream & Cake

SOOOO what is UP with our Christmas party? Mom said that all her Saturdays are open for the month of January. Holly said that she can do it on the 5th and the 12th. I can do it any Saturday but the 5th. Braun said he can do it on the 12th. So I'm putting it out there lets try and do it on the 12th. If that is a problem please post it. If we cant do it those days then we will have to wait till February. So please try and clear that day so we dont have to wait till February. Love ya all hope to see you on the 12th of january>

I forgot to post these pics. I thought you might want to see me and my cake. I was very CLEAN!!!

Guess what everyone I turned ONE !Here is what I look at at ONE I also had a fun time with my very own birthday cake. I hope all is well with

everyone. I cant wait for chritmas and tear in to all those present that santa will bring I love you all see you when we have our family christmas party

Sorry, everyone for not updating the blog earlier. Life for us is out of control. We are dealing with Ruth (Vicki's mom), her cancer, and a recent surgery. Everyday is a blessing that we still have her with us. We are uncertain what the future holds for mom, or how long she will still be with us. We thank Heavenly Father for the extended time we have had with her and love and respect her for her life and example of unwavering faith, charity, and service.

We look forward to seeing you all in January and wish the blessings of the Lord be poured out upon you and your families.

Love you all.

I finally got it done1

That's right. I finally figured my google account out so I could sign in and finally join the family fun. I think it will be fun to keep in touch with everyone a lil' better and know what is going on in everyones live. We are excited for Thanksgiving and I can't wait to try to make another pie. I made one on friday and I'm still alive, so don't worry. HAHA See you all soon.

Hi everyone, I thought this would be helpful.Putting photos on the blog is easy, but there are some tricks that will give a better result. Here are a few things I've learned:

1. Save the photo on your computer in your photo storage location. For best photo quality, have the picture sized the size you want it to be on the blog (less than 400 px. wide). It will help those with slow internet connection if people optimize the photo file size to less than 15.5 kb, but some people may not have a program that does this. It's not essential, it just helps the page to load faster.

2. Open a new post. In blogger all photos load at the top, so if you're doing multiple photos, upload the lowest ones first.

3. Click on the little icon that looks like a photo. This will open a window where you find the photo on your computer and also choose the size and location of the photo.

4. Under "Add an image" choose browse and find the photo on your computer. Double click the picture to put the location in the bar.

5. Choose the location for the photo (left, center, or right) and the size (small, medium, or large.) To make the photo the same size as you saved it on your computer, choose large (this will give the best picture quality.)

6. Click "Upload photo" and then "done" when the picture shows up.

If you need to move pictures within your post:
(PC directions, but I think it's similar on Mac.)

Click on the photo in the post, then do control X to cut. Put the curser on the line you want to picture to show up (it will go to left, center, or right depending on the location you selected.) Do control V to paste the photo back in. It's very easy to move pictures around this way, much easier than trying to drag them where you want them.

HAPPY BLOGGING!

Brooke and Brittney helped Firth win the runner-up trophy at State, both ran great. Thanks, Dad, Mom, Steve, Holly and family for coming up and supporting the girls, we were thrilled to see you all. We will be down Saturday afternoon probably around 12:00. We thought we'd bring a seven layer salad, and a Banana Cream pie. If you like us to bring something, let us know.

Vicki and I were talking earlier today. We haven't heard from anyone other than Bree about what their schedules are like. We were thinking that if we did Dinner around 5 or 6 then Bree could probably join us. What that does is forces everyone else decide what to do for Sunday. The invitation is open that you are all welcome to stay you will just have to make arrangements for your Sunday obligations. We would love everyone to stay because we don't see you much and would like to catch up. Let us know. See ya soon. Love you all.

We took the girls to hannah montana they loved it. They were filming a movie that day and so the concert lasted till 11 then they got to be interviewed after the concert. They didnt seem happy so I dont know if they will make it on the movie or not. We also got to move from the upper bowl down closer to the floor. It was alot of fun to be with shi. I also thought everyone would like to see what the kids were for halloween. Don't I look good also. I hope everyone had a fun halloween we did. I guess we will see everyone at thanksgiving. Love Ya

So I have a question...I can't get work off on the 17th...so the very earliest I can get off is 12(that's if i can only work a half of a shift) but it will most likely be 3:30 that I get off. So I just wanted to know what time the whole Thanksgiving thing was going down. If its earlier say 1-3, we probably won't come but if its later like 6:30 or 7, we could probably book it down there and make it. But if its earlier say 3:30-4, I could also beg my bosses for only a half of a day and see what they say. I know that it is impossible to get everyone together at once, but I just wanted to make my very best effort. And please don't change anything around just let me know the time and I'll go from there. Okay? Thanks guys!!! love you all :)

Hello from Roosevelt

Hey everyone! We are so happy that Bree's MRI came back so well. It really helps when you can see the blessings come into your life. We can't wait to see everyone for Thanksgiving. We will bring rolls and Tyler wants to bring a strawbwerry pie if I can find strawberries. (If not we'll bring something along that line.) Also we were wondering if we could crash at Brock and Vicki's on Friday night. We have to be back to Roosevelt for the Primary Program on Sunday.
All is well and we are happy that we survived soccer. But the break won't last long, basketball season is about to start for Devin. And Ashley has her first orchestra concert tomorrow. Alyssa is the social butterfly of first grade. And Drayton is enjoying helping Tyler winterize tractors on Thursday for his Uncle Shane. Let me know if we need to bring anything else. See ya later! Monica

JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS...I GOT MY RESULTS FROM MY MRI AND...THERE ARE NO CHANGES!!!!!!!!!!!! YAH HOO!!!!!! WELL I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THERE WERE A FEW CHANGES...ORIGINALLY THERE WERE EIGHT SPOTS AND NOW THERE IS ONLY ONE!! I HAD TWO BLESSINGS AFTER THE ORIGINALLY TOLD ME IT WAS M.S. AND HEAVENLY FATHER DECIDED TO FIX MY PROBLEMS AND HEAL ME. WE ARE CONSTANTLY BLESSED FROM THE MIRACLES OF THE PRIESTHOOD. I LOVE YOU ALL AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE EVERYONE.

Well...I finally was able to schedule my MRI. I just had it done yesterday. So $2,300 later and a small bruise on my arm, it is actually over with for one more year. Now for the hard part...My doctor's appointment is Thursday. Pray for the best. Other than that we have just been working hard. Dillon finally had his double major approved for good! He has been a dairy farmer for the past few months and is now finishing that job and will be tutoring for Business Communications and possibly Accounting. We are excited to finally get a move on with our life. Hopefully we will be able to make it to Thanksgiving so we can actually see everyone. With lots of love from "Ice"burg.

The boys went out hunting. This was the results!!! Braydon loves the hunting. He got camo for his birthday and wore it to school because he thinks they are so cool. We have two deer now and working on a third for alek to kill. We are so excited for all that deer meat. NOT ok sandor and the kids are but the moms no so excited. They are making jerky out of it. Love ya all

what we all say to are kid. I thought you all would get a laugh out of this. Hope you love it as much as I did.

Thanksgiving!!

We are going to have a Thanksgiving Feast at the Brock Hill House on November 17th. Anyone who wants to come on Friday is welcome, and anyone who wants to stay until Sunday is welcome also. Steve and Holly are bringing the Turkey and Ham. I will make the Mashed Potatoes and Mormon Delight.
We need:
*Rolls *Vegetables *Salads (Pasta,Green,Fruit,etc.) *Whatever else is yummy for Thanksgiving, AND everyone please bring their favorite PIE to share (Please write what pie you are going to bring so we don't all bring the same). Remember to plan on bringing enough for (I don't know how many there are of us, but about 40+) .
Please write if you can come and what you can bring. You can add a post or just a comment to this post. Please spread the word. . . we don't get together enough. We should have a great time. We sure do love you all and miss seeing you! Love, Brock & Vicki

As you all know this time of year our life revolves around Cross-Country. Brooke and Brittney are really running great for the Firth Girls Varsity team. Brooke has been a top runner all year and Brittney over the past couple weeks has improved greatly to finish right with Brooke the past three races. They are a week and a half away from district and three weeks away from State which will be in Idaho Falls. Katelyn is dominating the Jr. High races around our area. Brett turned 40 this year and wanted to run another Marathon. So we had a conference weekend vacation in St. George. He had a goal to break 2:40 which He barely did by 17 seconds, by running 2:39.43 and finished 36th out of around 6000 runners. He was the third place master runner, so he didn't win us a trip to Japan. Shannon is finishing up her envelope stuffing job, which has been fun for her, the kids, and Breeanna. They made good money to put toward college and other fun stuff.

Happy October Everyone!!!

For those of you interested in the blog, if there are dates and activities you want posted here, let me know so i can add them to the upcoming events list. I need anniversaries so i can put them on so who ever knows them please let me know. I can put sports activities on here to like i am doing with Justins' football games. I know there are other things going on, but i just don't know about them.

Last night, Sept. 30, we were together as the Thorne Family and as we watched a video from our latest camping trip, I sat there realizing how blessed Vicki and I are to have such great families. I am so lucky and blessed to have you in our lives. We love you all and pray for you to be happy and healthy.

Hey kids, Halloween is coming. Fuuunnn!!!

See ya soon,

Brock and Vicki

I just want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to BROCK. I hope you have a good birthday. OH you are one year from being pretty OLD. Love ya tons. Heidi& Sandor

Just so everyone knows...Braun and Jackie have moved their wedding day to May 10, that way Brett and Shannon can be there too. Sorry Braun and Jackie that I posted it and not you...Mom asked me to. Love you all!!

Hey everyone!!! We just wanted to say hi. Dillon starts school on Wednesday and he is so excited...I think. He starts into some of his hard classes for his business major. But we are excited to get that much closer to being done with his bachelors. I'm just going to keep working hard and hopefully they will promote me to supervisor. That would be pretty cool... Other than that I just have the MRI coming up the first or second week of October. So everyone pray for the best...because if everything works out then we can try to add a baby to our little family. We are so excited so hopefully everything turns out in our favor. We love you guys and can't wait to see everyone again. Labor Day was way fun and so good to be together.

Braun and Jackie

This is Jackie. She is soon to be the newest member of this disfunctional family. We are happy to have her join us. They plan to be married May 17, 2008. We are happy for Braun who has found such a beauty who can tolerate his antics. Hopefully she can settle him down. We love you both.

Braxton & Denny 1st Day of School!!

Braxton & Denny started school in the middle of summer. . . July 23rd. These are the first day of school pictures. I can't believe that my baby (don't tell Denny I called him my baby) started Kindergarten! Kinda sad, but he was way ready!! He is so grown up and ready to learn to read!

Hi everyone, this is a new thing we would like to try. Actually it is Vicki's idea that sounded fun. We can communicate thru here with family messages, events, news, and even share pictures. Lindy would even be able to post messages here to let us all know how things are going. Have fun with it. Hopefully we can keep it touch better this way. See you all on the web. love you all. Brock